2007-12-23 09:08:43 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The soul is the part of a human which is not physical, but spiritual.
The mind and body are physical.
2007-12-23 09:11:35 · answer #1 · answered by Skunk 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I have understood it to mean the life principle. It is that which makes any agglomeration of matter intoa living being, animal or vegetable!
The diference and discussion revolves around the type of soul. More particularly those of the animal kingdom.
All animals have souls. What happens to the souls after death is the debatable issue.
Immortal souls continue to exist after the body has departed. Mortal souls desist at the time of death.
Now the debate is who has got which ?
What happens to the immortal soul at death ?
Maybe most important is there anything we can do about where the immortal soul goes?
Does religion have anything to do with any of this ?---This part I can say a definite yes----religions try to define all these things !
2007-12-23 17:26:03 · answer #2 · answered by klby 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Christianity I think it is the place where God's Spirit dwells within a person if they follow Jesus. Conversely, without him, the soul is the empty spiritual void within. The English word 'soul' can be used to translate the Syriac word nafsha which is derived from the root word, nfash = 'to breath', or 'to be alive'
2007-12-23 18:06:30 · answer #3 · answered by Steven Ring 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soul is the Spirit that makes up who you are. The body is just the parts working together so that you have a vessel for our time on this earth. The physical body eventually dies and releases the Spirit to where is determined by our Lord, if we accepted Him ( Jesus ) as our Lord and Savior.
2007-12-23 17:18:35 · answer #4 · answered by Dennis James 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Human beings have a spirit, a soul and live in a BODY.
The soul is the MIND part of your spirit.
In other words, what you REASON with.
2007-12-23 17:14:10 · answer #5 · answered by journey 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This is the definition according to www.dictionary.com:-
The principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
2007-12-23 17:19:57 · answer #6 · answered by tattyhead65 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Soul: Mind, will and emotions..
Spirit: is the inner part of us that's unseen..
Body: the part we can see that contains the soul and spirit..
2007-12-24 01:01:14 · answer #7 · answered by ;) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whatever you want it to mean.
It is impossible to really define.
It's metaphysical.
Some people think it is contained in the mind, some think it is contained in the whole body, others think it follows the body around.
It is a guide, your essence, a great power inside you, your true self.
It is unchangeable and eternal.
:)
2007-12-23 17:46:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adam was formed from the dust, and when YHVH breathed the breath of life into him he BECAME a living soul. You are a soul. (It is like "being")
2007-12-23 17:13:32 · answer #9 · answered by hasse_john 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It means what YOU think it means, there is no explanation for " soul. "
2007-12-25 19:51:24 · answer #10 · answered by .α * l e x α 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋